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Today is Monday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2011. There are 33?days left in the year.

Today is Monday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2011. There are 33?days left in the year.

Highlights in history

• On Nov. 28, 1961, President John F. Kennedy dedicated the original permanent headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va.

• In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.

• In 1861, the Confederate Congress admitted Missouri as the 12th state of the Confederacy after Missouri’s disputed secession from the Union.

• In 1905, the Sinn Fein party was founded in Dublin.

• In 1942, about 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.

• In 1961, Ernie Davis of Syracuse (N.Y.) University became the first African-American football player to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.

• In 1987, a South African Airways Boeing 747 crashed into the Indian Ocean with the loss of all 159 people aboard.

• Ten years ago: Enron Corp., once the world’s largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion takeover.

• Five years ago: At the opening of a NATO summit in Latvia, President George W. Bush rejected suggestions that Iraq had fallen into civil war and vowed not to pull U.S. troops out “until the mission is complete.”

• One year ago: WikiLeaks began disclosing more than 250,000 private cables written by U.S. diplomats, divulging candid comments from world leaders and detailing occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea.

Thought for Today

“Knowledge is proud that it

knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.” — William Cowper, British poet (1731-1800)

Source: Associated Press

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